From Wrestling Title Histories
by Royal Duncan and Gary Will
with additional information from Matt Benaka, Brian Westcott, Earl Oliver and Andrew Zadarnowski
1.Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura {Tagashi Kimura}
12/12/85-Sendai
Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura defeated Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchiin the tournament final to crown the first champions.
31:53
2.Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido
08/05/86-Tokyo
3.Tatsumi Fujinami (2) and Kengo Kimura (2)
09/23/86-Tokyo
15:18
The titles were vacated in 1987 when Fujinami and Kimura split as a team.
4.Keiji Mutoh (2) and Shiro Koshinaka
03/20/87-Tokyo
Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada to win the vacant titles.
17:04
5.Akira Maeda (2) and Nobuhiko Takada
03/26/87-Osaka
15:29
6.Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Kazuo Yamazaki
09/01/87-Fukuoka
17:39
7.Tatsumi Fujinami (3) and Kengo Kimura (3)
01/18/88-Takuyama
11:27
8.Masa Saito and Riki Choshu {Mitsuo Yoshida}
06/10/88-Hiroshima
19:49
9.Super Strong Machine and George Takano
03/19/89-Yokohama
19:20
10.Riki Choshu (2) and Takayuki Iizuka
07/13/89-Tokyo
16:08
11.Masa Saito (2) and Shin�ya Hashimoto
09/20/89-Osaka
18:52
12.Keiji Mutoh (3) and Masahiro Chono
04/27/90-Tokyo
16:02
13.Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki
11/02/90-Tokyo
16:56
14.Super Strong Machine (2) and Hiro Saito
12/26/90-Hamamatsu
10:16
15.Hiroshi Hase (2) and Kensuke Sasaki (2)
03/06/91-Nagasaki
19:02
16.Rick Steiner {Rob Rechsteiner} and Scott Steiner {ScottRechsteiner}-The Steiner Brothers
03/21/91-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
12:56
17.Hiroshi Hase (3) and Keiji Mutoh (4)
11/05/91-Tokyo
17:53
Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh defeated Rick Steiner and Scott Norton when Scott Steiner could not wrestle because of an injury.
18.Big Van Vader {Leon White} and Bam Bam Bigelow
03/01/92-Yokohama
24:18
19.The Steiner Brothers (2)
06/26/92-Tokyo
16:24
20.Scott Norton and Tony Halme
11/22/92-Tokyo
12:49
21.Power Warrior {Kensuke Sasaki} (3) and Hawk Warrior-The HellRaisers
12/14/92-Tokyo
06:10
22.Scott Norton (2) and Hercules Hernandez-The Jurassic Powers
08/05/93-Tokyo
13:36
23.The Hell Raisers (2)
01/04/94-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
12:47
24.Hiroshi Hase (4) and Keiji Mutoh (5)
11/25/94-Iwate
25:37
25:37
Mutoh vacated the title on May 06, 1994 after winning the IWGP Heavyweight Title.
25.Masahiro Chono (2) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan {Kwang KilChoi}
06/10/95-Osaka
17:44
Defeat Shin'ya Hashimoto and Junji Hirata
vacated on 07/07/95 when Chono fails to appear at on the 07/07/95 card because of his father's death.
26.Shin'ya Hashimoto (2) and Junji Hirata
07/13/95-Sapporo
16:46
Defeated Scott Norton and Mike Enos.
27.Kazuo Yamazaki (2) and Takashi Iizuka (2)
06/12/96-Osaka
16:26
28.Masahiro Chono (3) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2)
07/16/96-Sapporo
15:39
Chono was a member of the New World Order
29.Tatsumi Fujinami (4) and Kengo Kimura (4)
01/04/97-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
16:10
30.Kensuke Sasaki (5) and Riki Choshu (3)
04/12/97-Tokyo
15:39
31.Satoshi Kojima and Manabu Nakanishi
05/03/97-Osaka
17:34
32.Kensuke Sasaki (6) and Kazuo Yamazaki (3)
08/10/97-Nagoya (The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome)
12:31
33.Keiji Mutoh (6) and Masahiro Chono (4)
Jim Rocha
10/19/97-Kobe
24:33
Vacated on 04/21/98 when Mutoh's had to have surgery on his knee.
34.Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3)
06/05/98-Tokyo
Defeated Gen'ichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka in tournament final.
19:51
35.Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka (2)
07/15/98-Sapporo
25:10
36.Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
01/04/99-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
16:35
37.Shiro Koshinaka and Kensuke Sasaki
03/22/99-Amagasaki
19:34
38.Tatsutoshi Goto and Michiyoshi Ohara
06/27/99-Shizuoka
12:12
39.Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi
08/28/99-Shizuoka (Jingyu Baseball Outdoor Stadium)
12:12
40.Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan [2]
07/20/2000-Tokyo, JAPAN
41.Tatsumi Fujinami and Osamu Nishimura
09/23/2001-Osaka
21:33
42.Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea
10/28/2001-Fukuoka, Japan (Fukuoka International Center)
26:04
Title Vacant
02/02/01
Mutoh left New Japan
43.Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan [4]
03/24/2002-Hyogo, JAPAN (Amagasaki Memorial Park City Gym)
Defeat Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi in a tournament final to win vacant title.
23:16
44.Yutaka Yoshie and Hiroshi Tanahashi
06/13/2003-Tokyo, JAPAN (Nihon Budokan)
26:08
45.Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Osamu Nishimura
12/14/2003-Nagoya, JAPAN (Nagoya Aiichi Rainbow Hall)
38:08
46.Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama
02/01/2004-Sapporo, JAPAN (Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center)
17:19
TITLE VACANT
47.Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura
12/11/2004-Osaka, JAPAN (Osaka Prefectural Gym)
Defeated Minoru Suzuki and Kensuke Sasaki to win vacant title.
32:33
48.Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan [5]
10/30/2005-Hyogo (Kobe World Hall)
29:31
49.Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Ohmori
07/17/2006-Sapporo
Interim champions
Had defeated Koshinaka and Makabe to become the provisional champions; NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki strips Chono and Tenzan of the title on 09/20/2006 after Chono and Tenzan split; Nakanishi and Ohomri are officially recognized as the champions on 09/28/2006.
50.Giant Bernard and Travis "Tyson" Tomko
03/11/2007-Nagoya (Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gym)
16:40
51.Togi Makabe and Toru Yano
02/17/2008-Tokyo, Japan
52.Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon)
01/04/2009-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
53.The British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams)
07/21/2009-Orlando, FL, USA
New Japan did not officially recognize Magnus and Williams until 08/15/2009
54.Team 3D [2]
10/18/2009-Irvine, CA
Won the title in a 4-way "Full Metal Mayhem" match against British Invasion, Main Event Mafia (Booker T and Scott Steiner), and Beer Money Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm)
British Invasion won the TNA World Tag Team Titles in the same match).
55.Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito
01/04/2010-Tokyo (Tokyo Dome)
Defeated Team 3D (c) and Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson in a 3-way hardcore match.
Yujiro pins Anderson at 13:28
56.Seigi-gun: Yuji Nagata and Wataru Inoue
05/03/2010-Fukuoka
Defeated Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi (c) and Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson in a 3-way match.
57.Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson
06/19/2010-Osaka (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium)
Defeated Wataru Inoue, and Yuji Nagata and Tetsuya Naito, and Yujiro Takahashi in a Three Way Elimination match.
18:24
58.Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima [3]
01/04/2012-Tokyo
59.Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka
05/03/2012-Fukuoka
Title Vacant
06/20/2012
Stripped on for various reasons including attacking NJPW president Naoki Sugabayashi, boycotting official signing for the title match, and the finish (no contest) of the title match on 06/16/2012 in Osaka.
60.Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima [4]
07/22/2012-Yamagata, JAPAN (Yamagata City Sports Center)
Defeated Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano to win vacant title.
13:43
61.Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer
10/08/2012-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
12:47
62.Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima [5]
05/03/2013-Fukuoka
Defeated Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer (c), Manabu Nakanishi and Strongman, and Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka in 4-way match (NWA World Title not on the line and continues to be held by Smith and Archer).
63.Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer) [2]
11/09/2013-Osaka, JAPAN (Bodymaker Colosseum)
Defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima and Jax Dane and Rob Conway.
64.Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows (Luke Gallows)
01/04/2014-Tokyo
65.Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata
01/04/2015-Tokyo
66.Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows [2]
02/11/2015-Osaka
67.The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Michael Bennett
04/05/2015-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
09:41
68.Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows [3]
07/05/2015-Osaka
69.Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma)
01/04/2016-Tokyo
70.Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa
04/10/2016-Tokyo
71.Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe
06/19/2016-Osaka
72.Tama Tonga and Tonga Roa [2]
10/10/2016-Tokyo
73.Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii
01/04/2017-Tokyo
Won a 3-way match against Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa* and Togi Makabe and
Tomoaki Honma.
74.Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima [6]
03/06/2017-Tokyo
75.Raymond Rowe and Hanson
04/09/2017-Tokyo
76.Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa [3]
06/19/2016-Osaka
77.Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) [3]
09/24/2017-Kobe
Defeated Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa, Raymond Rowe and Hanson in 3-way match.
78.EVIL and SANADA
01/04/2018-Tokyo
79.Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
06/09/2018-Osaka
80.Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa [4]
09/30/2018-Long Beach, CA, USA
81.EVIL and SANADA [2]
01/04/2019-Tokyo
Defeated Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa* and the Young Bucks: Matt Jackson and Nick
Jackson in 3-way match.
82.Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) [5]
02/23/2019-Tokyo
83.Juice Robinson and David Finlay
01/04/2020-Tokyo
84.Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) [6]
02/01/ 2020-Atlanta, GA
85.Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi
02/21/2020-Tokyo
86.Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.
07/12/2020-Tokyo
87.Guerrillas of Destiny: Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa [7]
01/04/2021-Tokyo
Won from Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.
88.Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. [2]
06/01/2021-Tokyo
89.Tetsuya Naito and SANADA
07/11/2021-Sapporo
90.Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. [2]
07/25/2021-Tokyo
91.Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
01/04/2022-Tokyo
92.United Empire (Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan (Tomoyuki Oka))
04/09/2022-Tokyo
93.Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens
05/01/2022-Fukuoka
Defeat the United Empire: Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan* and Goto Hiro-oki and YOSHI-HASHI in a 3-way match.
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